Chapter 19: The Consequences of Indulgence
After a night of sleep, Joyka finally came to her senses, and she found herself in a box in the tavern, with four naked girls lying on her side
Joyka shook her head, trying to get the effects of alcohol out of her brain
He got dressed and left the tavern
As soon as he got out of the door, he began to vomit, disgusting vomit flowed all over the place, and after spitting up, Joyka felt much more comfortable, he had never tried to do it like last night, one hand gently pushed open the door of the wooden house, and then shot two cold eyes from the inside, staring at Joyka who was leaving step by step - Joyka did not realize that he was not the only guest who had stayed in the tavern last night and had not left at all
On the street, Joyka walked afloatly, and alcohol interfered with his nerves, making him greatly less aware of danger, and if Joyka had been in normal times, he would have been able to spot the footsteps following him
After passing through a few streets, Joyka walked to a small river that ran through the center of the town of Carlo Quel, and the townspeople used to wash their clothes on both sides of the river, and Joyka picked up the river with both hands and swamped it in her face, and under the stimulation of the cold water, Joyka was a little more conscious
After staring at the river for several minutes, Joyka stood up and left the shore - at this moment, in a small alley opposite, a black figure followed closely
Sober up was followed by a wave of hunger, by which time the sun had fully risen, and the streets were gradually becoming more and more populous, and the vendors had set up their stalls on both sides of the street, and most of the shops had opened their doors for business, and Joyka came to one of the food stores
Get out of here, there's no money to send you away, and Joika can't cry and laugh, and the shopkeeper wants to kick him, the door-to-door customer, out of the store like a beggar
Then Joyka noticed a large mirror hanging in the shop, and he couldn't help but smile wryly - this mirror was used by the shopkeeper to prevent theft, to prevent some thieves from using their bodies to block their vision, and to tell the truth about stealing, but at this time, in this mirror, Joyka saw a self with a dirty head, disheveled, glossy, haggard, and scum-like beggar
It was the aftermath of the night
You don't want to get out of here, believe it or not, I hit it with a stick, and the boss saw that Joyka had not left yet, and actually raised a thick wooden stick high to threaten him
But what happened next made the boss frightened, and he saw that the beggar in front of him, instead of running away when he saw the big stick as he usually did with other beggars, he rushed towards him, and then easily snatched the wooden stick and threw it outside the store, Jojka grabbed the collar on the boss's chest and pressed him down on the chair
You...... Thinking about it, the boss was frightened, his face was as pale as earth, and his voice trembled a little
Joyka was pleased with his prank, as it would soothe his low mood from the previous night, and he would often make such frightening jokes with others, and although they would often scare the person he was making jokes to death, they would not actually do any harm to them
Joyka smiled and said that he just wanted to find a few things from you to satisfy his hunger, and then he took out a gold coin and tossed it in front of the terrified boss
Follow...... Whatever the boss didn't dare to refuse
Joika then chose two loaves of bread and a bottle of milk in the shop and threw the gold coin to the boss
The boss took the gold coin with a trembling hand, he carefully looked at the gold coin in his hand and the three items Joika had chosen, and to make sure that he was not mistaken, he was busy looking for change from the counter, which was enough to buy a hundred long loaves of bread and dozens of bottles of milk, and where could he find so many copper coins when he opened the door early in the morning to return them to this unaffordable guest
While the boss was looking for copper coins, Joyka squeezed out a bitter smile at the mirror: Joyka, Joyka, look how downlanded, you are still the original dashing bounty hunter Joyka, Joyka laughed at herself
Suddenly, he put away his smile, his wandering eyes sharpened, and Joyka immediately grabbed two long breads and a bottle of milk, and walked quickly away from the store without looking back, and he didn't care about the boss's shouting behind him, and stepped forward quickly
Joyka turned into an alley and disappeared
Where the hell are you going, the man who followed Joeyka closely behind him looked left and right and muttered to himself after losing his goal
Are you looking for me, Joyka's voice came from above, and the man was about to look up when a glass bottle fell from the sky and shattered above the man's head, and the man screamed, and sat on the ground, splashing blood, shards of glass, and milk
Joyka jumped down from the wall and stepped on the man's chest: I hate it when someone stalks me treacherously like a mouse, and says what is the matter with me, Joyka, who is completely drunk, has basically regained his alertness, not to mention that he had just seen the tail stuck to the back in front of the large mirror in the store
Don't talk nonsense, you have to go back with me, and what he trampled on the ground was a man in his 30s, and his face was not suppressed at all, and the expression of discouragement was instead a proud look
Just by you, Joyka said with a smile, at this time, he didn't think that the man in front of him had any capital to fight back
Do it, the man shouted
At that moment, four or five men rushed in from either end of the alley, and rushed towards Joyka with swords in hand
It had been prepared, and Joyka laughed, and then he threw a long object to each side
The besieging Joyka on both sides couldn't see what was flying towards them, and hurriedly fluttered their weapons, but when they found that they had cut only two long loaves of bread, Joyka in front of them was long gone
He had just flipped over from there, and the man who had fallen to the ground pointed to the top of one of the walls on either side of the alley
Judging from the movements of these people swinging their swords and the timing of their appearance, they all received formal military training, but at this time, Joyka did not carry any weapons, and the longsword and longbow made of mythril alloy were left in the inn, and Joyka, who never suffered a loss in front of her, was not stupid enough to fight several strong men with sharp blades in a narrow place with her bare hands - even if she could win, she would inevitably suffer flesh and skin injuries, so he quickly jumped over the wall and jumped into a private house after using long bread to distract these people's attention
Sorry for the road blocking the other side just now, he said hello to the family of four who were sitting in the living room eating breakfast, and then pushed open the front door and walked out amid their stunned gazes
Joyka didn't immediately duck into the crowd as soon as he got out into the street, he moved along the base of the wall of the house before and around the corner, he jumped over the wall again, this time into the kitchen of the house
The unidentified men just now also jumped into the house one by one by stepping on the bridge, while the last two of them ran out into the street and went directly to the main entrance of the house
Several men who climbed over the wall asked the frightened family of four with stern eyes: Have you ever seen a dark and thin man break in?
At...... Went out over there...... The frightened man pointed to the open door of his house
Several men immediately rushed to the gate, and as soon as they rushed out of the gate, they saw two companions who had just arrived and walked around to the door
Did you see him, and the man who had Joika's head cut off with a milk bottle asked him if he was the leader of the gang
The two who had just arrived at the door replied
He must not have gone far, and hurried after the leader, and with a wave of his hand, the man might know the whereabouts of the missing Princess Sophia, and then a group of men gathered their weapons in their clothes and followed the leader into the crowd
Unexpectedly, they were actually coming for Sophia, and Joika, who was hiding in the kitchen, heard the conversation of this group of people, and silently wondered who it was
After the group was gone, Joyka walked from the kitchen to the living room
Ah, a group of men with knives entered the house, and then ran away under the pretense of this family, and they were frightened, but just when they saw that the group had run away, they were frightened, and after a while, the first unrestrained guest who had just left appeared in front of the poor family, and the family of four screamed at the same time
Shhhhh
Joyka picked up a loaf of bread from the table and bit off half of it
Well, madam, your craft is really good, his current appetite is so ugly that he has reached the elementary level of Cassius, and he is about to starve me to death
After eating one loaf of bread, Joyka picked up another loaf of bread from the table and walked straight to the door, and when he passed by the man, he gently patted the man's shoulder, smiled, and said, "Big brother, you are so happy."
As he stepped out of the gate on both legs, a gold coin flew up from his hand, flipped backwards, and landed accurately in the hostess's hand
The family, who eventually came to their senses, began staring at the gold coin after making sure that no one would enter their house again...... Then the man and the hostess argued over whether to report the matter to the city sheriff
Joyka was not interested in the outcome of the couple's argument, so he found a corner of the street, pulled down his coat, turned it inside out, and wore it as if it were the outside—it was a special garment, which looked completely different from the original when worn backwards, and then he straightened his hair so that it was no longer sparse and unkempt
Sure that he would not be recognized at first glance, Joyka immediately walked out of the street, and he hastened his pace towards the inn, which was a matter of great urgency, and he had to rush back to Sophia at once